Best Beaches in Cartagena Want to know where are the best beaches in Cartagena? Cartagena’s beaches are some of the most beautiful in the world, that most of the world has never heard of. This travel guide covers all of

Valparaiso graffiti street art Valparaiso is a small town with a big feel about two hours outside of Santiago, Chile. Valparaiso graffiti street art is abundant and incredible. I spent three days exploring Valparaiso. Here are some of my favourite

Suriname country in South America I’m excited to share my experience with you from spending four days in Suriname country, the smallest country in South America. Located just north of Brazil and above the equator, Suriname has a lot to

Is Lima Peru worth a trip? The short answer is YES! I know a lot of people only stop in Lima because that’s where their international flight arrives and then it is onto Cusco. As I have said before there

Why Paracas Peru is my favourite little city Paracas Peru is the second biggest tourist attraction in Peru after Cusco and with good reason. It is a cute town a few hours outside of Lima and the main attraction here

Huacachina is the cutest little oasis town in Peru. This small city has between 100-200 residents but its main attraction is the sand dunes surrounding the lake. We set out at 4pm to ride a dune buggy up and down

When I arrived in Arequipa there was one things I wanted to do – visit the Colca Canyon and see Condors. Its an early start today the day with pickups between 3-3.30am and then a three hour drive to Chivay

Today marks three years of my Travelgal Nicole blog. Happy blogaversary! May is my blogaversary and I started my blog in 2014 about a year before I headed to Africa for six months. I wanted a way to showcase my

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Hi! I’m Nicole

Welcome to Travelgal Nicole. I’m a Kiwi living and working in Wellington, New Zealand and taking trips every chance I get. I’m originally from Wisconsin and have lived in London, Japan and have lived in NZ for the past ten years... Read more